Michael Ondaatje

Michael Ondaatje ( pronunciation [ ɒndɑ ː tʃi ː ], born September 12, 1943 in Colombo, Sri Lanka ) is a Canadian writer and poet Dutch- Tamil- Sinhalese ( Burgher ) origin. In 1954 he moved with his mother to England in 1962 to Canada, where he later took Canadian citizenship. He is the brother of the writer, philanthropist, adventurer, former entrepreneur and former participant in the Olympic Games Christopher Ondaatje.

Ondaatje received his BA (Bachelor of Arts) at the University of Toronto and an MA (Master of Arts) at Queen 's University in Kingston ( Ontario). The mid-1960s, he settled in Toronto; 1971 to 1983 he taught at York University and then at Glendon College in Toronto. On November 8, 1988 he was awarded the Order of Canada, the highest Canadian award bestowed.

His novels consist of " snapshots" of interconnected scenes he explores linguistically rich detail. In particular, Ondaatje's not early, or not exclusively poetic works of The Collected Works of Billy the Kid and Coming Through Slaughter show a picture and metaphorical language that is strongly influenced by his background as a poet. Permanent change of narrative perspective and time, and the plot lines characterize these works even more than Ondaatje's later novels.

The Amor asteroid ( 6569 ) Ondaatje was named after him.

Works

Although Ondaatje is best known as a novelist in Germany, his oeuvre includes both poetic and cinematic works (including 1970 Sons of Captain Poetry about the Canadian poet BP Nichol ). In addition to his fictionalized childhood memory Running in the Family ( It runs in the family, dt Peter Torberg, 1982) and his various volumes of poetry, including There's a Trick With a Knife I'm Learning to Do: Poems 1973-1978, which in 1980 Governor General's Award for poetry won, following his works are the best known:

  • The Collected Works of Billy the Kid ( The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left -handed Poems, 1970) - 1971 Governor General's Award for Poetry.
  • Buddy Bolden's Blues ( Coming Through Slaughter, 1975) - a fictional story based on sparsely handed, but real life documents of jazz pioneer Buddy Bolden; 1976 awarded the Books in Canada First Novel Award
  • It runs in the family (Running in the Family, German by Peter Torberg. C. Hanser Verlag, Munich 1992 )
  • In the skin of a lion (In the Skin of a Lion, German by Peter Torberg. C. Hanser Verlag, Munich, 1987). 1987 awarded the Trillium Book Award in 1988 awarded the Toronto Book Awards
  • The English Patient ( The English Patient, 1992) - winner of the Booker Prize, the Trillium Book Award, the Canada Australia Prize and the 1992 Governor General's Award; the film version of Anthony Minghella in 1997 was honored with nine Oscars, including the Academy Award for best film, see The English Patient (film )
  • Anil's Ghost ( Anil 's Ghost, 2000) - awarded the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Prix Médicis and Canada's 2000 Governor General's Award
  • Divisadero ( Divisadero, 2007), novel, won the 2007 Governor General's Award, dt by Melanie Walz. C. Hanser Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-446-20923-7. Divisadero, unabridged reading, spoken by Imogen Kogge. Audiobuchverlag, Freiburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-89964-265-0.

Other works:

  • The art of film editing - Conversations with Walter Murch. Five meetings with Cutter Walter Murch, the Ondaatje had met during the filming for The English Patient.
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